A palliative care approach in psychiatry: clinical implications.
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| Abstract | :
Traditionally, palliative care has focused on patients suffering from life-threatening somatic diseases such as cancer or progressive neurological disorders. In contrast, despite the often chronic, severely disabling, and potentially life-threatening nature of psychiatric disorders, there are neither palliative care units nor clinical guidelines on palliative measures for patients in psychiatry. |
| Year of Publication | :
2020
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| Journal | :
BMC medical ethics
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| Volume | :
21
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| Issue | :
1
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| Number of Pages | :
29
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| Date Published | :
2020
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| URL | :
https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-020-00472-8
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| DOI | :
10.1186/s12910-020-00472-8
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| Short Title | :
BMC Med Ethics
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